Hadley circulation as a modulator of the extratropical climate

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2437-2457

  Hou, Arthur Y ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV) GRADIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WARMING;

EID: 0032128866     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2437:HCAAMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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